Gaora TV Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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The Gaora TV Championship (GAORA TV チャンピオンシップ, Gaora Tī Bui Chanpionshippu) is a professional wrestling championship owned by the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotion. On August 28, 2012, AJPW and Gaora TV announced that AJPW would introduce a new championship called the Gaora TV Championship. A tournament for the title took place from September 8 to October 7, with Seiya Sanada becoming the inaugural champion.
PromotionAll Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 7, 2012
Current championKuma Arashi
Date wonFebruary 23, 2026
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| Promotion | All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 7, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Kuma Arashi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | February 23, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
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There have been a total of 33 reigns shared between 26 different champions. The current title holder is Kuma Arashi who is in his first reign.
Championship tournament
| First Round (September 8) | Semifinals (October 7) | Final (October 7) | ||||||||||||
| Ryota Hama | 06:21 | |||||||||||||
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | W | |||||||||||||
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | W | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Miyamoto | 07:10 | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Miyamoto | W | |||||||||||||
| Manabu Soya | 06:01 | |||||||||||||
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | 10:54 | |||||||||||||
| Seiya Sanada | W | |||||||||||||
| Masayuki Kono | 12:02 | |||||||||||||
| Tomoaki Honma | W | |||||||||||||
| Tomoaki Honma | 12:30 | |||||||||||||
| Seiya Sanada | W | |||||||||||||
| Seiya Sanada | W | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Okabayashi | 16:04 | |||||||||||||
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
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| 1 | Seiya Sanada | October 7, 2012 | 40th Anniversary Tour 2012 | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 232 | 7 | Sanada defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [1] | |
| 2 | René Duprée | May 27, 2013 | Rising Sun in the Maritimes Tour | Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada | 1 | 107 | 21 | [2] | ||
| — | Vacated | September 11, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Duprée returned the title to All Japan, after leaving the promotion for Wrestle-1. | [3] | |
| 3 | Sushi | November 24, 2013 | 2013 Ōdō Renaissance | Nagano, Nagano, Japan | 1 | 174 | 1 | Sushi defeated Keisuke Ishii in the final of a four-man tournament to win the vacant title. | [4] | |
| 4 | Kotaro Suzuki | May 17, 2014 | 2014 Super Power Series | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 211 | 4 | [5] | ||
| 5 | Kenso | December 14, 2014 | Kyohei Wada Referee 40th Anniversary & 60th Birthday Commemorative Tournament | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 172 | 3 | [6] | ||
| 6 | Sushi | June 4, 2015 | 2015 Dynamite Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 72 | 0 | [7] | ||
| — | Vacated | August 15, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Sushi being sidelined with a fractured jaw. | [8] | |
| 7 | Yohei Nakajima | August 16, 2015 | 2015 Summer Explosion | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan | 1 | 298 | 3 | Nakajima defeated Billyken Kid to win the vacant title. | [9] | |
| 8 | Kazuhiro Tamura | June 9, 2016 | Charity Puroresu Isesaki 69 | Isesaki, Gunma, Japan | 1 | 6 | 0 | [10] | ||
| 9 | Yohei Nakajima | June 15, 2016 | 2016 Dynamite Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 29 | 0 | [11] | ||
| 10 | Takeshi Minamino | July 14, 2016 | 2016 Summer Action Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | [12] | ||
| 11 | Yohei Nakajima | August 11, 2016 | 2016 Summer Explosion | Ueda, Nagano, Japan | 3 | 9 | 0 | [13] | ||
| 12 | Billy Ken Kid | August 20, 2016 | 2016 Summer Explosion | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan | 1 | 30 | 1 | [14] | ||
| 13 | Yohei Nakajima | September 19, 2016 | Korakuen Hall Taikai | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 69 | 1 | [15] | ||
| 14 | Jiro Kuroshio | November 27, 2016 | Zen Nihon Puroresu in Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Sumida, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 80 | 0 | [16] | ||
| — | Vacated | February 15, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Kuroshio returned the title to AJPW after being sidelined with a knee injury. | [17] | |
| 15 | Jun Akiyama | March 12, 2017 | Yume Ryoku! 2017 Dream Power Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 490 | 10 | Akiyama defeated Kenso to win the vacant title. | [18] | |
| 16 | Tajiri | July 15, 2018 | 2018 Summer Action Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 316 | 6 | |||
| 17 | Yoshitatsu | May 27, 2019 | 2019 Super Power Series | Gifu, Japan | 1 | 587 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Jun Kasai | January 3, 2021 | New Year Wars | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 74 | 1 | This was a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match | [19] | |
| 19 | Shuji Ishikawa | March 18, 2021 | Special Box Office Blood Fight: Jun Kasai vs. Shuji Ishikawa ~ Crazy Monkey vs. Giant | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 227 | 3 | This was a Glass Board, Barbed Wire Board, Tables, Ladders & Chairs + α Deathmatch. | [20] | |
| 20 | Shigehiro Irie | October 31, 2021 | Raising An Army Memorial Series 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 218 | 2 | [21] | ||
| 21 | Izanagi | June 6, 2022 | AJPW Dynamite Series 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | [22] | ||
| 22 | Toshizo | June 19, 2022 | AJPW Champions 50th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 217 | 3 | This was a four-way ladder match also involving Yusuke Kodama and Black Menso-re. | [23] | |
| 23 | Minoru Tanaka | January 22, 2023 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 345 | 3 | [24] | ||
| 24 | Black Menso-re | January 2, 2024 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 | 12 | 0 | Menso-re was previously known as Yohei Nakajima. | [25] | |
| 25 | Seigo Tachibana | January 14, 2024 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 - Night 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 162 | 3 | [26] | ||
| 26 | Fuminori Abe | June 24, 2024 | AJPW Dynamite Series 2024 - Night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 120 | 2 | [27] | ||
| 27 | Seigo Tachibana | October 22, 2024 | AJPW Raising An Army Memorial Series 2024 - Night 4 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 47 | 2 | [28] | ||
| 28 | Yuko Miyamoto | December 8, 2024 | AJPW Real World Tag League 2024 - Night 11 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 189 | 4 | [29] | ||
| 29 | Takashi | June 15, 2025 | AJPW Super Power Series 2025 - Night 3 | Kyoto, Japan | 1 | 100 | 2 | [30] | ||
| 30 | Kuroshio Tokyo Japan | September 23, 2025 | AJPW Giant Dream 2025 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 35 | 0 | This was a battle royal also involving Aizawa No. 1, Hokuto Omori, Kikutaro, Kumaarashi, Naruki Doi, Seigo Tachibana and Senor Saito. Kuroshio was previously known as Jiro Kuroshio. | [31] | |
| 31 | Shotaro Ashino | October 28, 2025 | AJPW Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 67 | 1 | [32] | ||
| 32 | Daisuke Sekimoto | January 3, 2026 | AJPW New Year Wars 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 51 | 0 | [33] | ||
| 33 | Kuma Arashi | February 23, 2026 | AJPW Excite Series 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 30+ | 0 | [34] | ||
Combined reigns
As of March 25, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Yoshitatsu | 1 | 9 | 587 |
| 2 | Jun Akiyama | 1 | 10 | 490 |
| 3 | Yohei Nakajima/Black Menso-re | 5 | 4 | 417 |
| 4 | Minoru Tanaka | 1 | 3 | 345 |
| 5 | Tajiri | 1 | 6 | 316 |
| 6 | Sushi | 2 | 1 | 246 |
| 7 | Seiya Sanada | 1 | 7 | 232 |
| 8 | Shuji Ishikawa | 1 | 2 | 227 |
| 9 | Shigehiro Irie | 1 | 2 | 218 |
| 10 | Toshizo | 1 | 3 | 217 |
| 11 | Kotaro Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 211 |
| 12 | Seigo Tachibana | 2 | 5 | 209 |
| 13 | Yuko Miyamoto | 1 | 4 | 189 |
| 14 | Kenso | 1 | 3 | 172 |
| 15 | Fuminori Abe | 1 | 2 | 120 |
| 16 | Jiro Kuroshio/Kuroshio Tokyo Japan | 2 | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | René Duprée | 1 | 21 | 107 |
| 18 | Takashi | 1 | 2 | 100 |
| 19 | Jun Kasai | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| 20 | Shotaro Ashino | 1 | 1 | 67 |
| 21 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| 22 | Kuma Arashi † | 1 | 0 | 30+ |
| 23 | Billy Ken Kid | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 24 | Takeshi Minamino | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 25 | Izanagi | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 26 | Kazuhiro Tamura | 1 | 0 | 6 |
